Git Commands (1)
Published in:2014-01-16 | Category: Tools
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Configure

  • Sets the name you want attached to your commit transactions:
    $ git config --global user.name "[name]"

  • Sets the email you want attached to your commit transactions:
    $ git config --global user.email "[email]"

  • Enable git color for command line output:
    $ git config --global color.ui true

Create Repositories

  • Create a new repository with the specifical name, it will create a specified name directory with git:
    $ git init [project-name]

  • Init current directory to git repository:
    $ git init

  • Downloads a project by repository url:
    $ git clone [url]

  • add local repository to remote repository:
    $ git remote add [remote-name] [remote-repository-url]

Make Changes

  • List all currently new or modified or deleted files:
    $ git status

  • Show all differences of each modified file before staged:
    $ git diff

  • Show differences of specified file before staged:
    $ git diff [file]

  • Show differences of file between staging and the last file version:
    $ git diff --staged

  • Add all new or modified files to snapshot for commit:
    $ git add . or $ git add --all

  • Add specified file to stage for commit:
    $ git add [file]

  • Discard the changes of specified file in working directory:
    $ git checkout [file]

  • remove the file which has been deleted from local from stage:
    $ git rm [file]

  • Removes the file from version control but preserves the file locally:
    $ git rm --cached [file]

  • Change the file name and prepare it for commit:
    $ git mv [file-original] [file-renamed]

  • Unstage the file, but preserve its content:
    $ git reset [file]

  • Commit files which was newed or modified or deleted:
    $ git commit -m"[descriptive message]"

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